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way too stressed and not motivated
I am in Grade 12. I am currently taking four courses, three of which have super heavy workloads and the fourth is moderately heavy. I also currently have at least 5 projects on the go between the 4 classes. I work 2 or 3 times a week and I am involved in our school choir.
I am super stressed right now because for the last couple of weeks I have been working on homework until at least 12 almost every night, whereas before this November, the latest I had done homework was 11:30. I also take almost 1/2 hour to fall asleep and get up at 6:30 every morning, so I am super behind on sleep. I don't even get to catch up on weekends at all because I still have homework, and I have to get up on time for work on Saturdays and church on Sundays.
I also am trying to work on university applications and scholarship applications at the same time.
I am so tired and just done with school right now that whenever I sit down at the computer to do homework, I get distracted really easily and start reading random articles and checking social media. I have no motivation, even though I know that I need to get good grades to get into university and actually apply if I want to be accepted....
So I guess I'm wondering if anyone has any suggestions. Please don't tell me to quit my job or my school choir. I need the money to pay for university and the choir is about the only thing I do that I enjoy.
Thanks a lot in advance :)
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Time management may be your problem. The projects may be managing you instead of you managing them. This is a problem many people face with time management.
I could help you better if I knew when each project was due? What each project was and how much time you felt was needed to be put into each project to get the grade you want. I'm also sure you have other homework that is assigned each day and probably chores that need to be done at home when you get home from school.
With all of this weighing on your time you need to manage your clock better. Really and the sooner you learn how to do so the better for it will pay dividends in University and when you go out into the adult working world.
You start with getting a daily calendar with the hours of the day printed on it, Block out the time you arrive home from school for a half hour or maybe an hour to relax and decompress. Maybe you take a bath and relax in the tub or have a snack whatever as long as it has nothing to do with school work.
Next block out the time each day you need for daily home work and chores. On the day you have Choir practice block out the time you need for that.
Next the 5 projects. With the remaining hours before bedtime, bedtime should be 11pm, start with the project due first. How much time do you need to complete that project. Then each of the other 4 projects in order of when they are due.
This is an example: Let's assume you have 7 hours not including dinner. You need 2 hours for daily homework on average. Block those out. You now have 5 hours left. Depending on how many hours the first project needs block out 1/6 (there are 6 days you will work on these projects)of those hours for every day not including Sunday until that project needs to be submitted. Do the same for the other four. You can adjust these hours giving more to the project due first if need and less to the projects due last.
On Saturday you work only on your projects and only the amount of time you block out for them, the 1/6 of the hours each week needed to work to time of turn in. Hopefully that will leave you with most of Saturday afternoon and evening to relax and go out on a date or with friends.
Sunday is a day of rest. Time for Church and Choir. Time to relax with family and friends.
How to compute the hours needed to complete the project is harder to give you an example fro. Right now I'm thinking you are working to get them done and not working to a completion date. If so as the saying goes you are working harder and not smarter by overload yourself and not doing your best work.
By computing how much time different projects will take, how much time daily assignments take and blocking out hours in a day for those things. You can then have hours to do other things for yourself.
Like it or not from now until the time you retire or during a vacation period. The clock will be your worst enemy. Learning to manage the clock is going to be your best asset.
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